'Band of Brothers' had a big impact on many people, including Stephen Colbert's mom, whose brother was in the 101st Airborne, as he explained to Tom Hanks on 'The Colbert Report' (11:30PM ET on COM).

"While he wrote back unbelievably beautiful letters for a 21-year-old man," said Colbert, "she didn't really know a lot of what happened to him over there. But because of 'Band of Brothers,' the other members of his company found my mom."

That's really sweet, and shows how important these types of projects are. Hanks is out and about promoting his new HBO series, 'The Pacific.'

Watch the video after the jump.'Band of Brothers' had a big impact on many people, including Stephen Colbert's mom, whose brother was in the 101st Airborne, as he explained to Tom Hanks on 'The Colbert Report' (11:30PM ET on COM). "While he wrote back unbelievably beautiful letters for a 21-year-old man," said Colbert, "she didn't really know a lot of what happened to him over there. But because of 'Band of Brothers,' the other members of his company found my mom." That's really sweet, and shows how important these types of projects are. Hanks is out and about promoting his new HBO series, 'The Pacific.'